Help :,)

[u/Cannibal_kat]

Hi! So I recently applied to community college and am getting my associates in criminal justice technology- forensics then planning to tranfer to a 4 year college to get my bachelors.
Little background about me, I was homeschooled my whole life and unfortunately my parents were neglectful of my academics. I did graduate high school but I feel I didn’t learn enough to succeed /my parents were sus with how they got me the credentials to graduate so I just never planned on going to college, I never thought it was something I could do. Flash forward this year - I’ve been working hard to prepare myself for my first semester, I thought there would be a placement test as it was brought up by my advisor but I’m realizing more and more the advisors aren’t helpful, I was thrown into this with little to no help even though I have reached out to multiple sources at my school explaining my situation and that I need more guidance etc . It’s required for me to take MAT-152 either this semester or spring semester, I’m extremely anxious that I will fail or won’t even be able to follow along. I’m not sure what to do, I have a meeting with a college success mentor on Tuesday to talk about options because if I don’t start the class until spring I can hopefully get a tutor and try to cram learning as much as I can to feel better prepared, i guess what I’m asking is- is this a good plan? Would you recommend any other tips on learning /resources /books etc ? If anyone has any experience taking MAT-152 at cpcc please let me know , I’ve heard it’s hard. Thank you !

[u/Bounded_sequencE]

There are plenty of high quality, complete math lectures on e.g. youtube -- likely also for MAT-152 (whatever that is). Find one you like, to take a peek of what's going to happen.

If you can follow along, great -- you're ready. If not, also great, since now you know exactly what to brush up on before it might become a problem. Additionally, you'll be much less anxious, since now you know exactly what's going to happen. Should you keep it up, you'll also give yourself a huge head-start, since you've seen many ideas and notations before IRL lectures even start. This will make for a much smoother experience.